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Sean Eric Fagan

@kithrup.bsky.social

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UNIXy Guy. He/him. Prone to shouting "PUPPY" in public. I frequently (almost every day, in fact) give away Kindle genre books using #KindleBookGiveaway hashtag, and wrote a feed named "Kindle Book Giveaway" -- but remember bsky has hashtags now!

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · Oct 17

For the past few years, I have been giving out ebooks for free. These are almost (but not always) US Kindle books; I sometimes to UK/IE Kindle books as well. I get asked about this a lot, so here are some notes:
• I will use the hashtag #KindleBookGiveaway
• These are legally purchased books

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 1h

Rewatching Étoile, I have concluded that Crispin is the literal devil. Or Loki.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

Dogs forget, cats remember.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

You may have won the internet today.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

We left in '18. It was easy enough to get parking -- I only went to Costco on Sunday mornings, around 10:30am.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

Yip, that's the one. We were on Annapolis Way, so it was *super* convenient.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

Yay all gone now! That's two a minute! I bet Ray Bradbury would be delighted, or most likely utterly perplexed by "electronic books? how are you supposed to burn those?" until someone explains Li-Ion batteries to him.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

There was more parking by the Costco generally -- but they were on opposite ends of the shopping center.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Ray Bradbury's THE OCTOBER COUTRY, which I *have* but haven't cracked open this particular edition, but I'm also pretty sure I read it or its contents long ago.

#KindleBookGiveaway

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2h

The one near us in San Jose shared a shopping center with a Costco, so there was in fact *lots* of parking.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 3h

Treasure / scavanger hunts can be *fun*, and I haven't read enough F/SF books that center around them.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 6h

That’s wrong, you measure apples in seconds.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 6h

@authorizedmusings.bsky.social Insert Coin to Play was a *fantastic* treasure hunt. I loved it deeply.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 8h

I always forget how many grams there are in a centimeter or liter.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 9h

My first guess was GIVE ME A CUP
Phrazle 1236: 3/6
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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 9h

What is that in centimeters?

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 10h

A realistic version of racist asshole Dan Simmons' The Time Traveler.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 10h

My first guess was AND THE AGOUTI QUESTED
Phrazle 1235: 3/6
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